North Patient Tower Grand Opening Shows the Future of Health Care
Last updated: 11/20/2007
Keynote speaker and cancer survivor Tony Snow
After two years of furious activity, the work on Cabell Huntington Hospital's North Patient Tower is almost done. To give the community a chance to see the new building and its many amenities, the hospital's administration had a grand opening celebration Friday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tony Snow, former White House Press Secretary and cancer survivor, was the keynote speaker in a ceremony that took place on the drive leading up to the entrance of the building's new Emergency Department. In addition to Snow, speakers for the program included hospital President and CEO Brent A. Marsteller, Carroll Justice, chairman of the hospital's board of directors; Robert Nerhood, MD, past chairman of the board of directors; Kevin Yingling, MD, president of the Medical and Dental staff and Sarah Denman, president of the Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation board of directors.
"What we are celebrating today is the creation of what I like to think of as a brand new hospital - brand new from the inside out," Marsteller said. "Not only did we try to use the best materials and the best design possible, but we also looked ahead at trends in patient care so that the nursing units would reflect and accommodate the most current philosophies, processes and procedures. As you may have heard me say before, our commitment is to our patients, and this new hospital is clear evidence of that commitment."
CHH Board Chairman Carroll Justice, CHH President & CEO Brent A. Marsteller, guest speaker Tony Snow, Foundation Board Chairman Dr. Sarah Denman and former CHH Board Chairman Dr. Robert Nerhood cut the ribbon for the new tower
After the program and ribbon cutting, guests were invited into the North Patient Tower to take tours, enjoy refreshments and participate in drawings for door prizes, including a big screen television and four Marshall University Basketball season tickets.
Those who participated in the tours were able to see a post-surgical and medical nursing unit; the new labor, delivery and recovery unit; and the new adult, surgical and cardiac intensive care units. The fifth floor of the North Patient Tower, which is home to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and an inpatient oncology unit, is still partly under construction and was not part of the tour.
Marsteller said, "While we are very proud to call this day our 'Grand Opening,' for many of us, the work is just beginning as we start the process of moving patients into this tower."